. 2023 Jun 7;60(10):2557–2567. doi: 10.1007/s13197-023-05775-3

Table 2.

Changes in physical and biochemical quality attributes of ‘Fuji’ apples under direct exposure to VUV and control stored at 10 °C for 21 days

Treatment types	Storage durations	Quality parameter(s)
Treatment types	Storage durations	C*	h°	L	Firmness (kg)	Titratable acidity (g/100 mL)	Total soluble solids (°Brix)
Control	Day 0	35.5 ± 3.78^A	60.7 ± 1.09^A	58.1 ± 3.60^A	6.8 ± 0.80^A	0.58 ± 0.02^A	14.2 ± 0.10^B
	Day 7	33.7 ± 4.59^A	64.3 ± 2.30^A	54.5 ± 1.63^AB	6.8 ± 0.80^A	0.50 ± 0.01^B	15.1 ± 0.18^A
	Day 14	34.8 ± 2.16^A	55.9 ± 7.92^A	55.7 ± 2.20^AB	6.7 ± 0.91^AB	0.60 ± 0.02^A	13.9 ± 0.66^B−D
	Day 21	37.4 ± 2.76^A	54.4 ± 10.50^A	53.9 ± 0.6^B	6.2 ± 0.62^AB	0.49 ± 0.01^B	14.4 ± 0.01^B
VUV treatment	Day 0	35.5 ± 3.78^A	60.7 ± 1.09^A	58.1 ± 3.60^A	6.8 ± 0.80^A	0.58 ± 0.02^A	14.2 ± 0.10^B
	Day 7	31.3 ± 3.65^A	58.8 ± 2.19^A	50.3 ± 1.22^C	6.2 ± 0.51^AB	0.61 ± 0.04^A	14.6 ± 0.30^AB
	Day 14	32.3 ± 3.89^A	66.46 ± 7.04^A	49.8 ± 2.27^C	6.4 ± 0.08^A	0.47 ± 0.02^BC	13.9 ± 0.06^C
	Day 21	33.5 ± 1.07^A	33.5 ± 9.51^B	50.4 ± 1.13^C	5.7 ± 0.24^B	0.45 ± 0.01^C	13.6 ± 0.11^D

The value in the table are means and standard deviations. Different superscript letters in a column represent statistically significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) on the quality change at different storage time